"Coloris paribus" suggests faintly that the authorities hope to get a double-blue; but it looks as if he would have to spend most of the term in teaching Latin.


BIRD CALLS.

I.

The lark he trills his song on high,

A tiny speck on a wide blue sky;

"Tira-lir, it's sweet up here,

It's sweet up here, my dear, my dear."

The turtle-dove's in love and so

Is anxious all his world should know